A little more Little Man on a Saturday.
I didn’t go to the farm until a bit later than usual this morning, so I had time to snap a picture of Luke while he was still sleeping.
I returned fairly early in the afternoon so I was able to hold him and change lots of diapers. He had a couple of fussy spells but was pretty relaxed overall. He was asleep during the Preakness, but we’ll be sure that he is watching the Belmont Stakes, as nobody wants to miss a potential Triple Crown winner.
Raise the roof!
They put on ceiling joists today and also started on the rafters. We got a little rain this afternoon, like yesterday, but it wasn’t enough to slow things down too much. I saw a couple of deer in the back field this evening.
Fresh cut back field and more walls.
My dad continued his mowing adventure today and turned his attention to the back field. It took a couple of passes to get it looking reasonable. But it sure makes a huge difference!
The framers were rolling right along today too. They pretty much have all of the interior and exterior walls framed.
Monteagle this past weekend.
On Saturday morning I got up at a rather unpleasant hour to photograph sunrise at Lake O’Donnell. Once the initial difficulty of getting out of bed passed I had an amazing time. The air was so fresh and the solitude comforting. I used my still somewhat new Canon 80d for these pictures.
My next stop was Green’s View overlook. I have always had a rather difficult time taking great pictures there. These aren’t fantastic, but the do a decent job of capturing the scene. I love looking out over those fields.
Next up was the goats at the Sewanee farm. The babies are getting big!
No sunsets and no Sunday sunrise. It was a fairly lazy weekend, and not so lazy in other ways, due to Luke’s presence. Hopefully we will return soon. Memorial Day weekend is a possibility.
Miles of smiles.
Lots of smiling this afternoon. Unfortunately I didn’t record the best ones. Or really any of them, now that I look over my pictures. Oh well, should have ample opportunity moving forward.
Spiderman and a bottle.
I didn’t see much of Luke today on account of my leaving the condo at 5:45 this morning and returning at 7:45 this evening. When I returned Liz was giving him a bottle, pictured below. Now he is sleeping. Liz had her six week after birth checkup today, and the doctor said that everything looks great. So that is a huge encouragement. The next doctor’s appointment on the schedule is Luke’s two month checkup.
Walls.
The house is getting some. Today they put on the subfloor and started on he walls. I noticed a couple of mistakes that they need to correct tomorrow, but they should be easy fixes. The walls are a little over ten feet high and look quite imposing. It feels so nice to see this progress. There has been a lot of frustration to reach this point.
It was incredibly hot again today and I got a lot of sun. Probably need to buy some sunscreen. The first heat wave of the year is always miserable, and this one came earlier than usual. Fortunately it is supposed to be ten degrees cooler tomorrow. The downside is intermittent thunderstorms.
My dad cut a lot of grass today with his “new” riding lawn mower. The front yard looks so much better with the grass cut, and the back field will look great too.
A strong start to the framing.
Well the framers came and got started today. They got almost all of the floor joists into place. Tomorrow they should knock out the subfloor and make good progress on the walls. This evening I printed 24×36 copies of my floor plan at FedEx. I hope that They will be able to follow them okay. I will be there every day to answer any questions they might have. I will certainly be a lot less stressed once the framing is completed. I am really getting excited though. The views towards both the front and back are going to be amazing. Seeing the house start to really take shape is very encouraging. Hopefully Liz and Luke will be able to come visit as soon as the framing is complete.
Six weeks!
I didn’t get to see much of Luke today since I was out of the house from about six this morning until eight this evening. We did give him a bath after I got back and ate dinner though. We used a little bit warmer water this time and he didn’t really fuss at all. Liz said that he ate and napped well today.
First Mother’s Day.
I woke up at the crack again this morning but was too lazy to go out and take photographs. It ended up being a pretty relaxed morning for us. After lunch we went for a walk on the Mountain Goat Trail. Probably about two miles, I didn’t clock it. We pushed Luke in the stroller.
We didn’t end up leaving the cottage until about five. I’m not really sure where the time went. Lots of feeding I reckon. We had to stop in Murfreesboro on the way back in order to nurse again. Once safely returned to the condo we were warmly greeted by Lily. Hopefully we will be returning to the cottage on Memorial Day weekend, just two weeks from now. I’m pretty excited about that possibility.
So overall not a very exciting Mother’s Day, but memorable for the fact that it was the first. The time in Monteagle was a very nice escape. We do hope to spend a lot of time up there this summer, enjoying the cooler temperatures, outdoor activities, and of course the goats.